Exhibitions On View

The Museum's collections, displayed in an intimate and inviting setting, celebrate the rich story of Cape Ann's evolving artistic and cultural history.The fine arts collection spans the full range of art made on and about Cape Ann, and uses the Museum's Library & Archives, historic buildings and artifacts to ground that art in a powerful sense of place.

The Museum owns and maintains two historic properties: The White-Ellery House (1710) and the Captain Elias Davis House (1804). The White-Ellery House is open on select days from May through October. Guided tours of the Davis House are offered daily.

The Museum holds the single largest collection of artwork by Gloucester native, Fitz Henry Lane (1804–1865), one of America’s most significant 19th-century painters. In 2015, the Museum will launch Fitz Henry Lane Online, a research tool featuring new discoveries and scholarship surrounding Lane and his milieu.

The Library & Archives contains books, documents, photographs and more. A major resource for the study of the industrial, social, maritime and art history of Cape Ann, its collections have been available to serious researchers and curious browsers alike since 1871.